C&C Welcome on 3 new photos

BrookieD

Hi all,
3 more photos taken today (2nd March) in Dublin, All comments welcome good and bad:D

http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mirror6wa.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flower4uh.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cuisine11td.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smart16jx.jpg


Thanks
Darren

sitearsiv

thanks you.

leinsterman

Hi ...

Very nice work ... I love the way you desturated the telephone box photo in particular ... the guy on the phone is a little soft (or it could be my eyes) but the composition works for me ...

I also like the St James's Gate picture ... not a new idea but a nice different take on a well photgraphed subject .


What equipment are you using ? ... Do you have the Exif data ?

Simon

Shrimp

just out of curiosity, how long have you been doing photography?

BrookieD

on and off a few years why? am i in for another roasting

BrookieD

Hi
@ sitearsiv ... ? .lol
@ leinsterman.. I am using a Nikon D70 with a Sigma Lens below is some

I need to reinstall my Exif viewer and i will post the exif data tomorrow

BrookieD

leinsterman wrote:

Hi ...

Very nice work ... I love the way you desturated the telephone box photo in particular ... the guy on the phone is a little soft (or it could be my eyes) but the composition works for me ...

I also like the St James's Gate picture ... not a new idea but a nice different take on a well photgraphed subject .


What equipment are you using ? ... Do you have the Exif data ?

Simon

Just clicked what you said about St James Gate. Its not. Its the back gate to Dublin Castle

Shrimp

ok, you're stuff looks real amateur.

You don't have to be really good just to post a picture, you don't. But I'd say that by posting pictures like that you aren't going to help your freelance/sports photography business.

Also you should know not to upload your stuff to an external image host site like Imageshack, get some space.

Valentia

HeHe.............

Darren, I think those pics hold their own against a lot of the good narrative type pics I've seen. Amateur (correct spelling I think) me arse.

Jazus Shrimp you are hillarious.

Shrimp

Valentia wrote:

HeHe.............

Darren, I think those pics hold their own against a lot of the good narrative type pics I've seen. Amateur (correct spelling I think) me arse.

Jazus Shrimp you are hillarious.

sorry? So you're saying this work defiantly isn't amateur? what is it then? cant wait to see what you say..

Hilarious is the correct spelling.

Valentia

Hehehehehe

Shrimp

ok, if you cant have a proper discussion, then you have no opinion in my eyes..

BrookieD

Ok Shrimp, First i have webspace at hosting365, Imageshack is used while i am in work for ease of use.

It seems to me you just dont like the pictures i take, Fair enough i wont lose much sleep over it as i have been told that a good portion of my work is very good and can hold its own in some area's by many different photographers.

each to his own i guess.

Shrimp

look, IMO your portfolio would definitely make me NOT commission you for a job.

BrookieD

Lucky for me i will not be waiting for you to commission me for a job. :-)

BrookieD

http://www.photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=577537

there some new stuff i took today if anybody wants a look, just click the above link

Ruu_Old

I like the first set of photos, the mirror one looks pretty neat and i like the cusine one. Very interesting indeed, im no good at explaining why i like them, i just like them Will take a look at the others later.

ShayHT

I like the hairdresser one, looks like shes paying more attention to the womans book than the hair!! (pity about the reflections in the glass and the writing but theres nothing you can do about that).
your one with the book outside the cafe was there for hours - passed her 3 times!!

BrookieD wrote:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=577537

there some new stuff i took today if anybody wants a look, just click the above link

cgf

BrookieD,

I wouldn't be too preturbed by Shrimps comments - from a quick review of his work on deviantART I would be amazed if he has managed to sell any prints.

Some decent stuff - I quite like the one with the skanger in the phone box, who knows you might have caught Shrimp in action......

"you're" - lol. I thought I saw 2nd level education on your profile Shrimp, are you sure? You were quick enough to correct Amateur, why stop there?

BrookieD

Not to worried about Shrimp. Just seems like he has a bee in his bonnet about me for some reason.

Ravage1616

Some very nice photos there, i like the composition in the one with the 4 eircom signs and some very intresting subject matter there!

Valentia

I like the truth in your photographs Darren. They have a Magnum style (though probably not up to that standard yet ). The Magnum photographers didn't play to any set of rules. In fact they showed that photography without rules is vibrant, alive and exciting. I always criticise my own work for being too mainstream and safe, though I don't take a 10th of the pics I should. Technically they (mine) might be fine and a lot of people really like them but I dont get any real kick from most of them. I might have a dozen or so that I'm really happy with.

I find all of yours have something to say and even, for example, the picture of the hairdresser with the window refelction: I see the reflection as an integral part of the picture. The picture is nowhere near as sincere without the reflection. It puts the location of the photographer and the subject in context.

Another important aspect of your style and work is that your pictures will become more important as the years go by. They will have captured a place and its people at a point in time in a sincere, accurate and unique way.


Keep up the good work. The market for it will grow as time goes on.

BrookieD

Valentia,
Thanks for the helpful comments, The photos i have taken in the past lack any clarity for me personally, i think they also lack direction and conviction to a great degree.

After seeing what street and urban photography is about and this magnum style you refer to i have been really engaged in trying my hand and discovering my own style in this area. I know have have a way to go butthe journey is half the fun :-)

Shrimp

OK, i just said that i don't like your work, and that I think it's basic looking, and suddenly everyone is on my back. and for your knowledge, I have sold photos, a lot of them actually.

Progen

Shrimp wrote:

OK, i just said that i don't like your work, and that I think it's basic looking, and suddenly everyone is on my back. and for your knowledge, I have sold photos, a lot of them actually.

Each to there own, every photographer has a different eye for something.

I being ammature have sold a few - but I don't class myself profesional yet, still a bit to go. I think there quite good.. Phone box one looks a commerical kind of shot :cool:

Valentia

Shrimp wrote:

I have sold photos, a lot of them actually.

So have I ...actually. Hundreds in fact but what the hell has that got to do with anything. I bet you wouldn't have liked any of them and that's your right. What I dislike about your comments Shrimp is their simplicity. How many times have you told people that their pics were crap or amateurish? You obviously have not grasped your own concept that photos are to the beholder. Many pics I take that people really like I hate myself but being creative is often like that. Acting is similar. I often feel like I did a terrible job but others often feel differently. It's hard sometimes to accept our own abilities. You seem to be able to cope well with your talent. Fair play, though that can be dangerous and alienating for others. I expect you know that already.

I often feel an attraction for work that I would not have thought of or maybe had the nerve to take. I would be shy doing the candids that Darren took. I like his eye for unusual composition and also his B&W technique is excellent. Doing good B&W on digital is really difficult. It is not just a simple matter of desaturation etc.

I even like the occassional one of yours.

Any off to Garmany in a few hours so will not be able to respond 'till Saturday.

I might even post a few of the pics when I get back.

P.S. I wonder would you class Fr. Browne's as amateurish?

Fajitas!

Some nice ones there, but IMO, you need to use a lot more cropping. There's some shots where you really don't need alot of the background space.

The desaturated phonebox... It's an alright shot, but I really don't think that the red suits it too much, I guess I'd do something else with it really...

BrookieD

Hi
I might try the phone box one in B&W only and see how it look.

I have added more photographs today but there on a new photo hosting site called Smugbug.

Click the link in my sig to see more. Only using until i can find a style i like for my own site.

Thanks

Brian Griffin

Hi,
how do you go about the phone box photo?I'm interested in how to have B&W with a some colour remaining.

BrookieD

brianI used Adobe elements 3 just loaded the photo, used a selection tool to highlight the area i wotn to keep colour, then inverse the selction and use the Hue/Saturation slider to make the rest of the area B&W.

Then its a matter of playing with brightness and contrast etc.. to bump up cetain values. easy enough.
take a look over at www.dpchallenge.com and look into there tutorials section. there have some good stuff and its all laid out very well

slumped

On the whole Amateur / Prof issue, correct me if I am wrong, but is this forum not for up and coming photographers and professionals to share ideas and creations in an environment where they can receive constructive criticism.

Also, can Shrimp define 'amateur' for me.

S